LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS 



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Mortier's Water-Hen, . 448 



Common Coot, . . . 449 



Senegal Finfoot, . .450 



Group of Bustards, . . .451 



Little Bustard in Breeding Plumage . 454 

 Arabian Bustard, .... 456 

 Common Thicknee, . . . 459 



Brazilian Seriema, .... 461 

 Trumpeter, . . 462 



Common Crane, . . . 465 



Sun-Bittern, . .469 



Common Pratincole, . . 472 



Black-Backed Courser, . . . 474 



Ringed Plover, . . . .476 



Common Lapwing, . . .481 



Egyptian Spur- Winged Lapwing, . 483 



Head of Chilian Stilt, . . .485 



Avocets, ..... 486 

 Common Oyster-Catcher, . . . 488 



Common Curlew, . . . 489 



Grey Phalarope, . . . 491 



Ruffe and Reeves, . . . .492 



Bar-Tailed Godwit, . . .494 



Common Turnstone, . . . 495 



Knot Sandpiper, .... 496 

 Woodcock in Covert, . . . 499 



Woodcock and Nest, . . .500 



Common Snipe, .... 501 

 A Family of Wilson's Snipe, . . 502 



Brazilian Jacana, .... 504 

 Common Sheath-Bill, . . . 505 



Latreille's Seed-Snipe, . . . 505 



Young Gulls covered with Down, . 506 



Head of Broad-Billed Tern, . . 510 



Common Tern, . . . .511 



Black Skimmer, . . . .511 



Black-Headed Gull, . . .513 



Common Gull, . . . .514 



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Herring-Gull, . . . 514 



Lesser Black-Backed Gull, . . 515 



Kittiwakes Nesting, . . . 516 



Pomatorhine Skua, . . .518 



Albatrosses Nesting, . . .521 



The Giant Petrel, . 523 



Fulmar Petrels, .... 525 

 Cape Petrels Swimming, . . . 527 



Storm-Petrels on the Waves, . . 529 



Great Auk, . .532 



Common Guillemots, . . . 535 



Little Auks, . . . .537 



Head of Tufted Auk, . . 537 



Knob-Billed Auks, . . 538 



Head of Whiskered Puffin, . 538 



Common Puffin, .... 539 

 Great Northern Diver, . . . 540 



Haunt of the Black-Throated Diver, . 541 

 Crested Grebe, . . . .543 



Metatarsal Bone of Penguin, . . 545 



Rock-Hopper Penguins, . . . 547 



Group of Black-Footed Penguins, . 548 



Humboldt's Penguin, . . .549 



Great Tinamu, or Martineta, . . 552 



Pentland's Tinamu, . . . 553 



Skull of Giant Flightless Patagonian Bird, 554 

 Breast-Bone of a Ratite Bird, . . 556 



Ostriches Feeding, .... 557 

 Head of Common Rhea, . . . 560 



Head of Long-Billed Rhea, . . 561 



Australian Cassowary, . . . 564 



Skull of Australian Cassowary, . . 565 



Emeu and Chicks, .... 567 

 Emeu Resting, .... 568 

 Kiwi Feeding, . . . .571 



Skeleton of Short- Legged Moa, . .572 



Leg-Bones of Short- Legged Moa, . . 573 



Skeleton of Lizard-Tailed Bird, . . 576 



